The Ocean Race 2023 leg 2: Cabo Verde to Capetown

[Herman]

Leg 2 will start on 25 January at 17:05 Local Time (UTC -1 hr) / 18:05 UTC and see the fleet racing across the equator, south to Cape Town, the 12th time the Race has stopped in the southern tip of Africa, making it the most visited stopover in this edition of the event. This will also be the first of three ‘haul-out’ stops, where the boats will be lifted from the water for maintenance. IMOCAs only.

The course is rather straightforward. The only exclusion zone is the Antarctic Ice Exclusion Zone, which will very probably not be a problem.

Sailing instructions: https://theoceanrace.s3.amazonaws.com/files/m147853_The-Ocean-Race-SI-Leg-2-Addendum-20221209.pdf

Capetown info TOR: https://www.theoceanrace.com/en/route/cape-town

ETA finish Feb 9th according to TOR.

An initial dry run by me with 110% polars, GFS and the OpenCPN climate plugin (see the colour change in the isochrones) shows an ETA 13th 00 UTC (3 days later).

Pre-race and leg 1 thread can be found here; https://forums.sailinganarchy.com/threads/how-about-a-the-ocean-race-thread.208648/unread

 

[ET1]

Like I said in the TOR thread:
maybe you can post your weather routing on that new page and leave a message here every time you did so. So we mainly can follow this thread and go to the other one only to get your first class info. Apart from your routings you should stay here to post your other content. Just a suggestion

 

[DtM]

I support this thread. Good onya Herman

 

[yl75]

One thread per leg is good

 

[dg_sailingfan]

I support this Thread! The other one gets too big by the end of the Race.
Wind will be very light in the Cape Verde/Mindelo on Wednesday. May 5-6 knots and that's it.

 

[wildbirdtoo]

I appreciate the new thread. And looking forward to seeing how they do in the uncharacteristically light winds in the forecast. Who is better at light wind sailing?

 

[Jethrow]

Who is better at light wind sailing?

The VO-65's, oh wait, they're skipping the rest of the lap and just rejoining for the finish!

 

[despacio avenue]

I don't understand why they start these legs so late in the day. It is more convenient for me personally because it is a reasonable hour (8:30am) but in the Atlantic Ocean it will soon be dark...

 

[Herman]

I don't understand why they start these legs so late in the day. It is more convenient for me personally because it is a reasonable hour (8:30am) but in the Atlantic Ocean it will soon be dark...

Probably in order to cater to the largest target audience, presumably Western Europe.

 

[wildbirdtoo]

Boris (Malizia) will not be sailing on leg 2- Will Harris takes over as skipper and Yan Elies will join the crew. Boris has burned his foot, apparently.

 

[Herman]

Indeed. Happened while preparing the hot food. The risk of infection at sea is deemed too high. The burn should heel in 2 weeks. Boris will fly to south Africa to join his wife and daughter, and work with the performance team of Malizia. Boris is earlier than planned originally, replaced by Will Harris as skipper with Yann Eliès joining the crew for backup in the team.

TEAM MALIZIA SAILING CREW FOR LEG 2 - CABO VERDE TO CAPE TOWN:

Will Harris (GBR - Skipper)
Rosalin Kuiper (NED - Co-skipper)
Nico Lunven (FRA - Co-skipper)
Yann Eliès (FRA - Co-skipper)
Antoine Auriol (FRA/GER - Onboard Reporter)

Sources;

Team webpage
https://www.team-malizia.com/news/f...from-participating-in-leg-2-of-the-ocean-race

Boris' Instagram with personal video

 

[furler49]

Huge for Will! Gutted for Boris but so excited for Will to step up… super guy, super talent!

 

[climenuts]

Great opportunity for Will. I'm surprised teams haven't managed to come up with a safer way to deal with dispensing boiling water on board. It's not like Boris is new to the process...

 

[despacio avenue]

Great opportunity for Will. I'm surprised teams haven't managed to come up with a safer way to deal with dispensing boiling water on board. It's not like Boris is new to the process...

I watched various crew members on different boats prepare their "meals" with the boiling water into a bag process so when I read Boris had burned himself I was not totally surprised as the set ups seemed dicey and I one case, someone's entire meal flew out of her hands and onto another crew member; also this Is not the same boat Boris sailed on, alone, in the VG. That said, while accidents do obviously happen it would seem obvious that the potential risk should have been foreseen and avoid with better prep area.

 

[climenuts]

A bulkhead mounted jet-boil with a jury rigged spout and/or 1/4" hose might work. At least then you spill a small stream and not a whole pot.

 

[Chasm]

Didn't at least one boat in the last Vendee do that? I seem to remember it from the boat tour videos.

 

[Jethrow]

 

[dg_sailingfan]

The Full Crew List for the IMOCA60 2nd Leg from Capo Verde to Cape Town can be found here:

https://theoceanrace.s3.amazonaws.com/files/m150999_IMOCA-Crew-List-For-Leg-2-Cabo-Verde-to-Cape-Town.pdf

 

[despacio avenue]

View attachment 569701 That cup needs to be tethered, have a lid on it with spout, and the spout fit directly Into the pitcher.

 

[minca3]

I watched various crew members on different boats prepare their "meals" with the boiling water into a bag process so when I read Boris had burned himself I was not totally surprised as the set ups seemed dicey and I one case, someone's entire meal flew out of her hands and onto another crew member; also this Is not the same boat Boris sailed on, alone, in the VG. That said, while accidents do obviously happen it would seem obvious that the potential risk should have been foreseen and avoid with better prep area.

regarding the meal flying through the boat: I think you mean this video from 11th hour: